The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.7% in February and has risen for 26 months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 5.0% in February following a rise of 6.9% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.9% in February and has risen for 14 months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses fell 2.1% in February following a rise of 8.4% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 0.7% in February and has fallen for two months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 8.7% in February after rising for two months.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 0.2% in February and has risen for eight months. The value of residential building rose 0.2% and has risen for 12 months. The value of non-residential building rose 0.3% and has risen for seven months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved fell 0.3% in February and has fallen for two months. The value of residential building fell 0.2% and has fallen for two months. The value of non-residential building fell 0.5% and has fallen for two months.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

March 2014

5 May 2014

April 2014

2 June 2014

May 2014

3 July 2014

June 2014

31 July 2014

July 2014

2 September 2014

August 2014

2 October 2014

DATA NOTES

A number of time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

As a result of changes to production processes, some time series identifiers will be changing. The content and nature of these series will not be affected.

To assist in accommodating these changes, Excel spreadsheets showing the old and new time series identifiers for each affected series are included under the downloads tab. Please note the dates on which these changes take effect, as detailed above.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2012-13

2013-14

TOTAL

NSW

6

10

16

Vic.

-

9

9

Qld

-12

37

25

SA

-1

7

6

WA

32

89

121

Tas.

-

-

-

NT

5

13

18

ACT

-

-

-

Total

30

165

195

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

INQUIRIES

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